I hope everyone is having a pleasant and safe December. We’ve been busy visiting family, collecting new plants and of course working in the garden. I’ve managed to squeeze in…
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This week in the garden – Blossoms, new beds & a beauty
by Lalaby LalaWe’ve had a good week weather-wise. Pleasant days of cool mornings, hot around midday and the typical Highveld afternoon thunderstorms. The Vaal dam is still desperately under capacity and our…
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Is tomorrow a record breaking SA Giant Pumpkin Weigh-In?
by Lalaby Lala2016 Weigh-In Day – Saturday the 5th of March. It’s here, TOMORROW is the 2016 Giant Pumpkin Weigh-in day. This article is brought to you by our friends from Living Seeds,…
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This afternoon was a very fruitful one in the front garden. Yesterday my father-in-law and our groundsman finished a small project to fence off a large strip of the front…
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The great pumpkin experiment has come to an end for this summer, due to the heatwave and a bout of mildew that I didn’t fix in time. It has been…
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How to: Grow giant pumpkins, part 2
by Lalaby LalaThe Dill’s Atlantic Giants continue to do well. Our two main ones are about the size of soccerballs right now. We had to set up a protective barrier around one…
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The giant pumpkin project started at the end of September 2014. After reading up on hugelkultur we set up a raised bed using some of its concepts. The bed didn’t…